Method and system for a physical bus selector
US6430636B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/0016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication interface device with a card chassis capable of holding a number of electronic equipment or circuit cards. The card chassis provides a communication backplane that provides a plurality of communication buses accessing each of the equipment cards in the card chassis. To select between communication buses with mutually exclusive access to the electronic circuit card, an arbiter monitors the communication buses and determines which of the plurality of communication bus will be provided access to the electronic circuit card.
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